ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 1...c6 · White to move

Caro-Kann Defense

The list files 110 lines under the name Caro-Kann Defense, spread over ten codes (B10–B19). Only eight openings in the list have more named lines. B10 alone holds 29 of them. From the starting position of Caro-Kann Defense, the most-travelled continuation is 2.d4, with 78 lines. The deepest, Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Lobron System, runs to 12...Be7. At the end of 16 lines one side is ahead on material; 17 names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4c6

Where the lines split

One hundred and nine of the 110 lines continue from 1...c6; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply.

  1. 2.d478
    1. 2...d573
    2. 2...Na62
    3. 2...Nf61
    4. 2...f51
  2. 2.Nc310
    1. 2...d59
  3. 2.c47
    1. 2...d55
    2. 2...e51
  4. 2.Nf34
    1. 2...d54
  5. 2.b43
    1. 2...d51
    2. 2...e51
  6. 2.Bc42
    1. 2...d51
  7. 2.d32
    1. 2...d51
  8. 2.g42
    1. 2...d51
  9. 2.b31

Codes holding Caro-Kann Defense lines

Volume B

  1. 00
  2. 01
  3. 02
  4. 03
  5. 04
  6. 05
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  8. 07
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CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
B10Caro-Kann Defense29Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation, Stein Attack (15)
B11Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation3Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line (8)
B12Caro-Kann Defense24Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack (13)
B13Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation15Caro-Kann Defense: Panov-Botvinnik, Herzog Defense (14)
B14Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack7Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (19)
B15Caro-Kann Defense13Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation, Perlis Line (16)
B16Caro-Kann Defense: Finnish Variation2Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (10)
B17Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation8Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Main Line (19)
B18Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation5Caro-Kann Defense: Martian Gambit (13)
B19Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation4Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Lobron System (24)

Longest Caro-Kann Defense lines

  1. Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Lobron System 24
  2. Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Seirawan Variation 24
  3. Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack 19
  4. Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Main Line 19
  5. Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack 16
  6. Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation, Perlis Line 16
  7. Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation, Stein Attack 15
  8. Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Smyslov Variation, Main Line 15